State college for optics and photo technology

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The State Technical School for Optics and Photo Technology (SFOF) in Berlin was a higher technical school for further training for opticians and photo professions . Due to the Berlin education policy, it was dissolved in 2000. It is considered one of the first film schools in Germany.

history

In 1909 the first German “technical school for opticians” was opened in Mainz through efforts by the Central Association of Owners of Optical Shops. V. In 1912 the technical school was relocated to Berlin, Neue Roß-Straße, as the “German Opticians School, Technical Center of the German Opticians' Association e. V. ". In 1914 the technical school was closed due to the First World War . In 1919 the technical school reopened as the “German School for Optics and Photo Technology in Berlin”, with its own course for photo technicians. In 1930, the city of Berlin made its own building available on Hochstrasse (near Gesundbrunnen train station). The college building in Hochstrasse was bombed in 1943. In 1944 temporary accommodation was created for the technical school on Spittelmarkt. The technical school building on Spittelmarkt was destroyed by fire in a bomb attack in 1945. The first lesson after the Second World War for the phototechnology department took place in the premises of the Gauß engineering school on Bochumer Straße.

University of Applied Sciences for Optics and Photo Technology Berlin (1967)

The technical school had been under the sponsorship of the city of Berlin since 1950 and moved into the building of the Japanese embassy in Tiergartenstrasse . In 1955 the "Camera Assistance" course was added. In 1962 the new building on Einsteinufer was inaugurated. Today the central university administration of the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) is located in the building .

Since 1996 the SFOF has been dismantled and the photo technology course has been dissolved. In 1997 the FFM Potsdam was founded in Potsdam-Babelsberg with the opening of the photo technology course. At the same time, a first year began with the advanced course for "state-certified technician specializing in photo technology" at the FFM Potsdam-Babelsberg. The field of optics was separated from the SFOF in 1998 and transferred to the Technical University of Applied Sciences (TFH) Berlin. The camera department was integrated into the Technical University of Applied Sciences Berlin in 2000 and the SFOF dissolved.

The advanced courses in optics and cameras are now offered as basic training at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin . The advanced degree course in photography technology was reopened in 1997 at the Fachschule für Foto- und Medientechnik Potsdam and expanded in a media-specific manner.

education

For opticians there was a course to become a state-certified technician specializing in optics. For photo professions, a course to become a state-certified technician specializing in photo technology. In addition, there was further training to become a state-certified camera assistant, which can be viewed as a forerunner for the undergraduate camera courses.

The continuing education courses offered one of the first media technology training courses in West Germany with the training to become a “state-certified technician and state-certified camera assistant”.

Graduates

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Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '2.7 "  N , 13 ° 19" 20.7 "  E